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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zohar444, post: 2440579, member: 13450&quot;]I really don&#039;t know... my guess, roller given the technology available - <a href="http://www.tiroler-numismatik.at/index.php?id=50" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tiroler-numismatik.at/index.php?id=50" rel="nofollow">http://www.tiroler-numismatik.at/index.php?id=50</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The new minting technique basically consisted of a system of wooden gearwheels powered by a waterwheel, causing to rotate two steel rollers whereon the coinage dies were engraved. On every roller either four wide double Thalers, five Thalers, six semi-Thalers or 7 quarter Thalers could be engraved. Depressions between the dies made sure that slipping through of the Zain, as the silver bullion was called,be avoided. With a good set of rollers about 50,000 marks (= approx. 14 t) could be minted, in extreme cases up to 100,000 marks (= approx. 28 t).&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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